Psychology and the National Institute of Mental Health: A Historical Analysis of Science, Practice, and Policy

by Pickren, Wade E.

• ISBN13: 9781591471646
• ISBN10: 1591471648
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-12-01
• Publisher: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Summary

Provides an historical analysis of the reciprocal relationship of psychology and the National Institute of Mental Health. Offers insights into the expansion of psychology since World War II and highlights the role of government in shaping the lives and practices of its citizens through its funding, research, training, and service.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
I. Introduction and Historical Overview	1	(28)
Science, Practice, and Policy: An Introduction to the History of Psychology and the National Institute of Mental Health	3	(14)
Wade E. Pickren
Reflections on Psychology and the National Institute of Mental Health	17	(12)
Stanley F. Schneider
II. NIMH Support of Psychological Science	29	(122)
Comparative Psychology: A Case Study of Development of Support for Basic Research by a Federal Agency With an Applied Mission, 1948-1963	31	(30)
Donald A. Dewsbury
The Research Grants Program of the National Institute of Mental Health and the Golden Age of American Academic Psychology	61	(52)
Charles E. Rice
Psychotherapy Research and the National Institute of Mental Health, 1948-1980	113	(38)
Rachael I. Rosner
III. Training Psychologists for Science and Practice	151	(58)
The Historical Context for National Institute of Mental Health Support of American Psychological Association Training and Accreditation Efforts	153	(28)
Ingrid G. Farreras
Creating a Profession: The National Institute of Mental Health and the Training of Psychologists, 1946--1954	181	(28)
David B. Baker
Ludy T. Benjamin Jr.
IV. Psychologists on Site: Practice and Community	209	(108)
Services at the National Institute of Mental Health's Mental Health Study Center of Prince George's County, Maryland	211	(22)
Milton F. Shore
F. Vincent Mannino
The National Institute of Mental Health and the Founding of the Field of Community Psychology	233	(28)
James G. Kelly
National Mental Health Policy and the Community Mental Health Centers, 1963-1981	261	(34)
James W. Stockdill
Prevention of Mental Disorders	295	(22)
George W. Albee
Index	317	(30)
About the Editors	347